Nava Telangana Praja Party is a political party in Andhra Pradesh, India. The party was founded by T Devender Goud to achieve separate statehood.....

Nava Telangana Party (NTPP) is a political party in Andhra Pradesh, India. The party was founded by Tulla Devender Goud to achieve separate statehood for Telangana. According to the party the people of Telangana are being treated as second class citizens, due to lack of drinking water for in spite of having two major rivers (Krishna and Godavari) flowing in the region.

NTPP intends to contest the 2009 Andhra Pradesh assembly election in all constituencies of the Telangana districts (Hyderabad, Khammam,Mahbubnagar, Nizamabad, Nalgonda, Adilabad, RR, Karimnagar, Warangal, and Medak) together with like-minded parties with the objective of creating a separate Telangana state.^[1]

Contents [hide] 1 Birth of NTP 2 NTPP Flag Details 3 NTPP Head Office 4 Merged With PRP AND NTP 5 References

[edit]Birth of NTP

Devender Goud announced the new party (NTPP) on July 11, 2008 around 11:11 AM in Hyderabad, along with flag, and its symbol.^[2]

[edit]NTPP Flag Details

NTPP flag consists of a Telangana state regions map surrounded in blue color. Blue color was chosen to reflect rivers around the regions ofTelangana state and also reflects the color of bird Indian Roller (Pala Pitta bird in Telugu language) which is regarded as most auspicious to watch on the occasion of Dasara festival by the people of Telangana .

Interior of Telangana region on the flag is chosen to be brown in color. Brown color reflects the color of earth or land. The Telangana region map on the flag also contains plough, spade, book, and torch in the centre to symbolize youth, farmers, workers, and students.

• Torch symbol aims in creating political awareness and change the lives of the Telangana people.
• Spade symbol stands for workers who are in distress.
• Book symbol aims to spread knowledge.
• Plough symbol to represent farmers of Telangana state.^[3]

[edit]NTPP Head Office

Nava Telangana Praja Party head office is formally inaugurated on August 14, 2008 by Smt. Fatima Begum mother of Shaik Fakir belonging towarangal who died during agitation for separate statehood of Telangana in 1968 at the age of 19 yrs along with Smt. Venkamma, mother ofNarsimlu who died in police firing at an age of 14 yrs during agitations for separate Telangana state.^[4]

NTPP also paid homage to all 369 people who lost their life during separate statehood agitation of telangana in 1969 and also felicitated freedom fighters Konda Laxman Bapuji, Bhupati Krishnamurthy, and dozen others who lost their family members in the agitation.

• Address:- 8 - 2 - 598/D, Road No. 8, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034, Andhra Pradesh, India
• Phone:- 91 - 040 - 66294444
• Enrollment Email:- enroll@ntpp.com
• Website:- http://www.ntpp.com or http://www.navatelanganaprajaparty.com

[edit]Merged With PRP AND NTP

On 26th Feb 2009 at Raavi Narayana Reddy auditorium in Hyderabad Goud announced that NTP is merged with Prajarajyam Party.
Mr. Goud has taken this decision because of funds.

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[edit]References

• http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/15/stories/2008071554520500.htm
• http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20080712/1054/tnl-goud-launches-telangana-party.html
• http://www.global-report.com/india/?l=en&a=323383
• http://www.telanganaonline.com/viewnews.aspx?Id=127
• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-3220584,prtpage-1.cms
• http://www.goudsinfo.com/News-TDG.htm
• http://www.navatelanganaprajaparty.com

1. ^ New party floated to fight for Telangana state
2. ^ Devender Goud launches new party
3. ^ Nava Telangana Praja Party Flag Details
4. ^ Devender Goud inaugurates new state office
5. ^ [1]

SON OF THE SOIL

Deveder Goud is one of the very few Lucky sons of the soil destined to shape the future of Telangana in the 21st Century.

Coming from a humble background and especially from a backwards class community, it must have been a daunting task for him to reach the stage where he is now. It is again time for him to take the war path.

He had been at the top in politics by serving efficiently as ZP Chairman of Ranga reddy, Revenue minister, Home minister. The time has come for him to take some bold decisions. He has the charisma and wits to unite the Telangana people. Cutting across all sections, telangana people are looking towards him to take the bold decision. He has to decide wether he wants to be a minister again in the TDP govt which he has already been for long time ortake the cause of Seperate Telangana state.

The next 2 years are crucial in devender gouds political career, which will decide how history is going to view him. Either it is going to be talent unlimited going wasteful orThe rising of the son of the soil.

Devender Goud quits Telugu Desam Party

- Photo: Mohd. Yousuf

Turning point: T. Devender Goud, senior Telugu Desam Party leader, seeks his mother’s blessings at his Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on Monday.

HYDERABAD: The crisis in Telugu Desam over Telangana deepened on Monday when two senior leaders from the region, T. Devender Goud and E. Peddi Reddy, resigned from the party.

Mr. Goud who is considered number two in the party, a polit bureau member and Deputy Leader of the Telugu Desam Legislature Party, went a step further and resigned from the Assembly too saying he would now devote his time and energy to the formation of a separate Telangana state.

Other senior leaders, Kadiam Srihari and Ch. Rajeswara Rao who openly supported Mr. Goud were expected to follow suit but deferred their decision to a later date.

Though Mr. Goud did not spell out his future course of action, his supporters and Mr. Peddi Reddy threw enough hints to the effect that they could float a new political party for achieving Telangana. The party would be all-encompassing having pan-Telangana appeal and take all sections into its fold.

Clearly, the objective appears to be to capitalise on the perceived loss of credibility of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leadership and failure of Congress and Telugu Desam to take a separate Telangana stand.

Mr. Goud kept the media and his supporters waiting for over five hours at his Banjara Hills residence before emerging out at around 4 p.m to make a brief speech. Amidst slogan shouting by his supporters, he declared that he would henceforth fight for the cause of Telangana and that in a democracy one has to respect the wishes and sentiments of the people.

‘Second rate citizens’

He said he had to leave TDP with a heavy heart, a party that gave birth to his long political career. He had joined the party with the blessings of its founder NTR and the people. He would seek the people’s blessings again for achieving separate Telangana. “I cannot be oblivious to the injustice meted to the region and the people’s aspirations and the way they are reduced to second rate citizens,” he said. Mr. Peddi Reddy too spoke on similar lines.

But Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu who is on “Mee Kosam yatra” in Srikakulam remained unfazed when he stated that the party was more important than individuals. He is believed to have spoken to Mr. Goud not to press for his resignation but the latter appeared unrelenting. Other TDP leaders too followed in his footsteps, making light of the two leaders quitting the party.

T.Devender Goud - NTPP President

Sri. T. Devender Goud was born on 18thMarch, 1953 in Tukkuguda village, Maheswaram Mandal, Rangareddy District in Andhra Pradesh. After his schooling, he studied his Intermediate in Dharmavanth College and he did his Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Badruka College. He was a "Student Union Leader" during his college days. Attracted by policies of Telugu Desam Party. He joined the T.D.P and was elected as Chairman of Zilla

Parishad, Ranga Reddy district in 1988 by direct election with entire district as electorate and was very successful during his five-year tenure.

He was elected to Legislative Assembly in December 1994 from Medchal Constituency with a huge majority and became the Minister with 3 major independent portfolios viz., Backward Class Welfare, Co-operation & Total prohibition in the Cabinet of Sri. N. Chandra Babu Naidu. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in October 1999 for the second time with thumping majority and become Minister for Home, Jails, Fire Services, NCC, Sainik Welfare, Film Development Corporation and Cinematography.

In April 2004 General Elections he was elected 3rd time from Medchal Constituency and was appointed as deputy leader for Telugu Desam Legislature Party in Assembly and he was also a Politburo Member.

He is a reflection of modesty and simplicity with pleasant manners. In short he combines politics and administration which blends into his unique personality. He is cherished as an able spokesman for Telugu Desam Party.

Hidden behind his out-standing political career is his "Love for Education". A man who wishes to up lift the society and bring about awareness in the present generation and grooming then for the future and for it stands the Devendra Vidyalaya an international school of high excellence from nursery to class X having two streams of courses. i.e. SSC and CBSE. His ambition being to build it up to a University level. Thus opening new avenues of education for students in and around the surrounding areas. His determination and strong educational plans backed by an excellent team work makes him the torch bearer who would be paving a successful path for the students.

T.Devender Goud NTPP President

T. Devender Goud's Political Career, how he entered into politics....

Tulla Devender Goud, well known as Devender Goud is the founding president of Nava Telangana Party(NTP) fighting for separate statehood of Telangana state of India as the people of ten districts of Telangana region are being treated as second rate citizens with no proper representation of Telangana people in jobs, politics, and government including improper diversion of water from Krishna and Godavari rivers to non-telangana regions at the expense of injustice meted to Telangana region.^[1]

Devender Goud , a prominent backward classes leader from Andhra Pradesh worked as cabinet minister representing BC welfare and Prohibition portfolios in N.T. Rama Rao(former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh) cabinet. He also worked as cabinet minister representing Revenue and Home portfolios in Nara Chandrababu Naidu(former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh).

He got elected thrice to Legislative assembly of Andhra Pradesh from Medchal assembly constituency from Telugu Desam Party political party. He was a TDP polit bureau member, deputy leader of TDP legislature party and was considered number two leader next to Nara Chandrababu Naidu in TDP before he resigned TDP party to fight for separate statehood of Telangana state.

[edit]Personal Details

T.Devender Goud was born on March 18, 1953 at Tukkuda village of Maheswaram mandal in RR district of Andhra Pradesh to Sri.Tulla Sayanna Goud and Smt.Sathemma. He did his bachelors in commerce from Badruka college at Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh in India.^[2]

He got married to Smt.Vinoda in 1978 and were blessed with three sons Vijayender Goud(M.B.A), Vinay Goud(M.B.B.S), and Veerender Goud(M.B.A).

[edit]Political career

Devender Goud born in political family through his maternal uncles supporting Indian National Congress built his interest towards politics when he initially got elected as student leader during his college days. Having seen his maternal uncles who were in Indian National Congresspolitical party forcibly restricted to village level politics by the dominant Forward Castes in Indian National Congress he got attracted to the policies, opportunities and the boom created by the then famous Telugu film actor N.T. Rama Rao who started a new political party calledTelugu Desam Party in 1982 in Andhra Pradesh of India to counter the then ruling Indian National Congress party in Andhra Pradesh.

He after joining Telugu Desam Party which defeated Indian National Congress of Andhra Pradesh in 1983 got elected as Chairman of Zilla Parishad for RR district in 1988 by direct election with entire RR district as electorate.

Having seen the leadership qualities of Devender Goud during his five year tenure of Zilla Parishad chairman, N.T. Rama Rao who was the founder chairman of TDP and also the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh declared Devender Goud(a prominent backward caste leader) as TDPparty candidate for Medchal assembly constituency six months prior to the scheduled elections of 1994 Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh. He got elected first time as MLA(Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)) representing Medchal assembly constituency of RR district in Andhra Pradesh in 1994 with huge majority.

After his first time win as MLA from Medchal assembly constituency in 1994 , he was inducted into cabinet of N.T. Rama Rao as minister for three independent portfolios BC welfare, Co-operation, and total Prohibition. He was elevated as Revenue Minister in Nara Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet after Nara Chandrababu Naidu revolted against N.T. Rama Rao in 1995.^[3]

He won second term as MLA from Medchal assembly constituency in 1999 with huge margin of more than seventy seven thousand votes^[4]. Subsequently, he became minister for Home, Jails, Fireservices, NCC, Sainik Welfare, Film Development Corporation and Cinematography inNara Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet. ^[5]

He later won record-third term from Medchal assembly constituency in 2004 in spite of anti-incumbency, anti-TDP government combined with separate Telangana statehood sentiment swept the Andhra Pradesh state. As Telugu Desam Party lost the 2004 elections to Indian National Congress, Devender Goud was appointed as deputy leader for TDP Legislature party in Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh. He was also the polit bureau member of Telugu Desam Party since 1991.

Right from 2004, having seen the injustice meted to Telangana regions with respect to diversion of water from Krishna and Godavari rivers to non-Telangana regions, the way Indian National Congress party sidelined the separate statehood for Telangana in spite of Indian National Congress party came to power with promise to separate Telangana state with seat sharing with TRS born to fight for Telangana state in 2004 elections, indiscriminate sales of Telangana region government/public lands with no proper representation to Telangana region people in local jobs of Telangana region including administrative and bureaucratic nominated posts , Devender Goud strongly perceived that Telangana leaders should fight against injustice meted to Telangana regions. For this, he organized and took padayatra (procession on foot) from Pranahitha to Chevella which was warmly received by Telangana region people and forced TDP to support for separate statehood of Telangana in the by-elections held in May 2008 as a polit bureau member of TDP party from Telangana region.^[6][7]

After results of May 2008 by-elections held in Telangana region, Telugu Desam Party stepped back from the promise of separate statehood ofTelangana and instead constituted a nominal committee to decide the fate of Telangana state. Devender Goud having felt that both Indian National Congress and Telugu Desam Party are not in favour of separate statehood of Telangana and are constituting committees just to prolong the issue so that Telangana region people may give up the demand for Telangana state ^[8], Devender Goud resigned Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh and Telugu Desam Party on June 23, 2008 to protest against Telugu Desam Party opposition to Telanganaseparate statehood. ^[9]

On June 28, 2008 he organized Telangana Sadhana Samithi discussion with scholars and professors from Telangana regions to discuss future steps in fighting for separate state for Telangana region.^[10][11]. Telangana Sadhana Samithi was attended by 3000 delegates including Praja Gayakudu Gaddar, freedom fighter Konda Laxman Bapuji, Andhra University former vice chancellor Simhadri, Senior Journalist Mallepalli Laxmaiah, Delhi University professor Tirumali, Kakatiya University professor Venkatanarayana, Osmania University professor Visveshwara Rao, Telangana Ikya Karyana Samithi President Desini China Mallaiah Goud along with various educationlists, journalists, professors, chancellors and vice-chancellors. Telangana Sadhana Samithi was inaugurated by Professor Jaya Shankar.^[12]

On July 09, 2008 he organized a convention with students of Telangana region at Osmania University arts college explaining why he resignedTelugu Desam Party and how he plans to lead the agitation for separate statehood for Telangana state through non-violation steps followed byMahatma Gandhi for Independence of India. He stressed the importance of participation of students in fighting for separate statehood ofTelangana without violence as happened between 1967 and 1971.^[13]

On July 11, 2008 Devender Goud announced new political party named Nava Telangana Praja Party(NTPP) to fight for Telangana statehood.

It has been decided that the eight month old party is being merged with Praja Rajyam Party led by Chiranjeevi.While the official reason for the merger is said to be common ideology of the two parties--social justice and separate Telangana, the reality is that Goud has been finding it difficult to run the party as it had failed to create the kind of impact he expected before he quit TDP in June 23, 2008 therefore watching out for his political future the decision was made about the merger.